Io Moth Caterpillar
The Io Moth Caterpillar is the final larval stage of the magnificent Io Moth with the huge eye spots on its wings. The attractive Io moth caterpillar is also well-known because of its painful sting. Look and appreciate, but don't touch - some people can have a really bad reaction to handling or contacting these and other prickly caterpillars like the Tussock Moth that has been featured on this channel many times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGpA8...
Full-grown (usually fifth instar) larvae are approximately 60 mm (about 2⅜ in.) in length . They are green with a lateral abdominal white stripe edged on the top and bottom with red stripes. Both thoracic legs and abdominal prolegs are reddish, and there are ventro-lateral reddish patches on the abdominal segments. The body is virtually surrounded with scoli bearing black-tipped venomous spines.
More info from the University of Florida: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/m...
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